The Ties That Be

By Lady of Mischief

Disclaimers: If you think I own any of this besides the storyline then you should go have your brain checked NOTE this means I don't own it, never did, never will, no copyright infringements intended, blah, blah, blah.......

A/n: blame the strange title on lambentness, she threatened me, she made me use it!!!

That girl is scary much.

Reviews are good, please review, pwetty pwease?

Umm..... "blah" – talking

/blah/ - thinking

blah - incantations

Anyway on with the ficcieness.

Chapter One: The Attack

"Hey where do you think you're going?"

A scrawny sort of boy stepped in front of Dawn and snarled at her. Dawn looked down at him. She could take him and beat him.

"I don't think that's any of your business""

She made to walk past him but unbeknownst to her three more guys had sneaked up from behind her, and at theta moment the two closest grabbed her.

"Hey-"

Someone clapped a hand over her mouth and the scrawny one in front of her punched Dawn in the stomach. Dawn fell to her knees. One of them then hit her over the head with something hard and she lost consciousness. Malcolm and Gordon proceeded to drag Dawn towards the park, her shins getting badly scraped and bruised because of it. Peirs and Dennis followed.

"Hey BigD, look what we found"

Dawn heard this just as she regained conciousness.

/BigD? Well that's a stupid nickname/

"Wake up!"

Someone kicked her in the ribs, she felt the bones snap, her eyes shot open and she cried out in pain. Dudley pulled her roughly to her unsteady feet. Dawn, dazed, in pain and somewhat frightened didn't get time to register anything more than person in front of her strongly resembled a really fat pig with a wig before he planted his mouth on hers and forced his tongue inside her mouth. The experience was far too disgusting to be called a kiss, Dawn bit him until she tasted blood in her mouth she spit it out.

/Yuck! I really don't see how vamps can drink blood it tastes horrid/

"Owwww! Why you little bitch!"

Dudley knocked her to the ground and went to kick her.

"Move away from her." The voice was deadly calm.

Using the last of her strength Dawn raised her head

"Spike?" she whispered, then seeing black hair and dark glasses "Nope, not Spike"

She fell into blessed and pain-free oblivion.

Harry stood pointing his wand at Dudley, who was frozen in mid-kick. He lowered his foot "You can't use that! You'll get thrown out of your freak school! Your....your not allowed" Dudley didn't sound entirely sure of his words.

"I am seventeen. Legally if I want to then no-one is going to stop me."

Dudley gulped, visibly frightened at Harry's words.

"Hey BigD? What are you scared of this little runt for? It's only a twig."

Harry thought it was Malcolm who said this but he couldn't be sure.

"I'm not sc...scared of him!" Dudley denied

Harry nearly smiled "Oh, but you should be. You really should be" Dudley stepped back.

Peirs stepped toward Dawn "And why is that?" he sneered. He kicked her and she groaned in pain.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" Harry magically 'tossed' Peirs over with Dudley. "Because I am a wizard" he brandished his wand threateningly at the five boys, who bolted as a collective group at the gesture.

"It's a good thing Dumbledore made me take that magical healing course last year." Harry murmured to himself as he attended to Dawns injuries.

When he was finished all of Dawns bones were back in their rightful places, nice and whole and the nasty gash on the back of her head was completely healed up. The scratches and bruises that were left would heal naturally within the next few days.

/How would it be explained if she was attacked and there wasn't a scratch on her?/

"Excuse me, Miss. Wake up your are safe now." Harry shook her gently trying to wake the girl up.

Dawn's eyes opened. "Hey who are you?" Before Harry could answer, Dawn remembered. "You're the one that saved me! Thankyou!"

Impulsively she threw her arms around his neck. Harry blushed.

"Uhhh...you're welcome."

"Do you know what the time is?"

Harry checked his watch. "9:29"

Dawn groaned. "And Buffy said to be home by nine. Oh great." She sighed "Oh well I guess she'll just have to deal." She shot a glance nervously over her shouder.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" offered Harry seeing how skittish she was.

"Hold this." Dawn handed him a cross on a chain, he held it in the palm of his hand. She pretended to tie her shoelace then took it back. "If you don't mind."

End Chapter One.

LadyofMischieh(LoM)= I'm sorry, Dawnie but I had to for the good of the story!

Dawn= Screw the good of the story! Getting beat up I can live with, I don't likie it but I can live with it. But you made that....that......PIG! kiss me, not that, that can be called a kiss.....ewww.

Spike= Damn having a soul, I'd cheerfully kill that Dudley kid and the author of this atrocity but I can't.

LoM= Duh! Of course youy cant kill me I'm writing this scene!